How important is high school? ??

High school grades only matter in terms of what college you get in.

College grades matter a lot in terms of getting in certain fields, but if you get in the field, the grades usually don't matter after that.
 
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Benny Bugatti said:
 
High school grades only matter in terms of what college you get in.

College grades matter a lot in terms of getting in certain fields, but if you get in the field, the grades usually don't matter after that.
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Ehh, I know a guy who works at a top private equity firm.

They asked for his HS GPA, SAT/AP scores, and college GPA.
 
Jay Patt said:
Would never work for a company that went back that far...

Work for a very prestigious F500, didn't even ask for my college GPA.
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If you work for a prestigious F500 company, you were probably already at a level professionally where college gpa wouldn't have mattered anyway :lol:
 
I worked for a F500, switched to another F500 within the same field with certs and still had the high school and college GPA pulled.
 
KickHead23 said:
Graduated HS with a 2.0. Had to check grades posted on the classroom door the final day to see if I graduated. I now have my own law firm.
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Congrats on the come up my man 
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If you wanna get caught up in that 9-5, working for someone else, rat race grind yea. if not **** that ****
 
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Antidope said:
I worked for a F500, switched to another F500 within the same field with certs and still had the high school and college GPA pulled.
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Famb ur in PWM tho. I wanna say all finance and accounting (audit and tax) do. Its nothing out of the ordinary in your field. 99% of other fields dont care about HS or even college after 1-3 yrs.
 
No one is pulling up HS grades I'm calling duck tales. Google did ask to post college transcripts. My current job did not ask for transcripts. I work for a big bank.
 
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Yeah I worked for a top 20 f500 company and they definitely hired right out of college
 
4318MichaelJohnson4318 said:
No one is pulling up HS grades I'm calling duck tales. Google did ask to post college transcripts. My current job did not ask for transcripts. I work for a big bank.
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http://niketalk.com/t/153492/jobless-and-frustrated-nters-check-in-vol-we-not-workin/5460

http://niketalk.com/t/153492/jobless-and-frustrated-nters-check-in-vol-we-not-workin/5430

I've mentioned this several times in the jobless thread, way before this thread existed. I didn't pull this out of thin air to lie to people on this thread.
 
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Colombia said:
 
Wouldn't work in the US, at least not with the current education system, but colleges/universities accept all applications here. With the exception of entry exams for certain bachelors/masters. Everyone can go to whatever college/uni they want with a hs diploma. Maximum tuition fees are €890/year at the top university. €470 on a partial scholarship, €105 on a full scholarship. These scholarships are awarded based on financials, not grades.
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I remember in like summer of 2014, I met this one dude at a party and he actually went overseas to go to college. He said he didn't have to pay a dime as far as tuition and room/board goes. He just had to pay for books. The post-secondary education system is so much better overseas. 
ModernDarwin said:
I guess being from Silicon Valley is a different world - had a 3.7 GPA and that was only considered decent. Had 32 units of college credit from AP classes as well. I think over 94% of my graduating class went to college..and most of them to either UC schools or to Ivy league. I didn't even realize how insanely tough high school was until I compared it to life after high school. Graduated from university with a 3.2 and went to maybe 5% of my classes. Graduated grad school with a 3.9 (tried very hard there though due to interest).

Still to this day I've never had anything even remotely as challenging as high school. Having 4 AP classes, 3 honors classes, band before school, basketball after school, and homework till 1 am was the norm for all four years pretty much. Summers weren't even a break - we had summer homework lol. Still some of the funnest days of my life though.
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I would definitely have to agree that high school was harder than college.(Even though I had a lower GPA in college than in HS) In high school, it seemed like the AP classes had an endless amount of work at times and the honors class weren't that far off either. When I went to college, I was surprised by the amount of work that we didn't get. I had so much free time after class and homework, I didn't know what to do.
 
If I could go back I would've been practicing selling myself and coming up with a plan. I wouldn't have even tried college, wasted my time and money attempting when I knew it wasn't for me. Everyone I grew up with/went to school with who are doing the best are the ones who didn't go. Besides the few people who went the medical field route alot of them dudes struggling. Wish I would've utilized that time growing up asking questions and learning from people instead of chasing yambs.
 
Low 2 something in HS. I started freshman year f'n up in English and biology. I never really tried. I wanted to hoop and get girls. I stayed on punishment. Parents wouldn't let me flourish. I made lifelong friends though.

If I could do it all again, I'd have taken basketball serious and not been afraid to fail with the chicks we had there. Oh and I would have studied more too
 
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Is it odd that my high school had 4 different categories for classes based on how "smart" you are.



We had AP/Honors, A classes, B classes and C classes. I always found that really odd. Most of the classes I took were AP/Honors but what the hell were they teaching kids in C classes. :x
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There was a documentary about my high school and how it separated students by aptitude by number grades 1-4. I saw it in sociology class in undergrad, it blew my mind. Told the teacher I went to said high school and basically took over the class for the day with my bro.
 
Doozy122 said:
Excelling in HS is like being rich in Monopoly money.
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You guys keep saying stuff like this. You don't get college college scholarships without high school grades. Hell you can't even get even colleges without certain high grades. You guys are wylin man.
 
HS was really important for me. I went to one of the best public schools in CA. Graduated with a 4.3.

Helped me get into a top 5 UG. Since I kind of screwed around at times in college I only had a 3.1 GPA. Never would've gotten into a decent medical school if it wasn't for the quality of my undergrad (plus a solid MCAT).

I loved my UG and I'm so glad I went.
 
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You guys keep saying stuff like this. You don't get college college scholarships without high school grades. Hell you can't even get even colleges without certain high grades. You guys are wylin man.
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The knowledge gained in HS hardly gives you the edge in the real world. I get what you're saying though, the numbers you earn in HS will be significant in being accepted into a good college.
 
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Ahh, nothing like an 18 yr old trying to tell you what is and isn't important in this world. And a company digging deeper than college is rare, if it wasn't a built in part of the application process I'd review my resume. To me that comes off as them trying hard to make me presentable to the hiring manager, like I didn't sell myself well enough. I edit my resume constantly, tweaking it for better.
 
I had these things pulled after receiving my offer letter, but it was contingent on the background check / having the academic record.
 
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